[BigbysBackhand]

As I understand it though the way the NWN engine works, you may as well spend the XP that is banked that would put you above 16th lvl. As when you lvl do you not loose the xp beyond what the requirement was normaly?

Unless with this banking system it holds onto all of it forever, so some one who just lost 5 lvls could in theory if they never spent any XP get right back as long as they gained the necessary notoriety? A person might already even have that requirement to gain back much of what was lost, since if you already are at a faction ranking of 5 then any notoriety you've gained has just been piling up correct?

[Balanor]

Not sure I'm entirely following all the question, but I'll try to explain and if you need more clarification, post again.

As I understand it though the way the NWN engine works, you may as well spend the XP that is banked that would put you above 16th lvl. As when you lvl do you not loose the xp beyond what the requirement was normaly?

With this system, you will not lose any XP even when leveling up, even if you have more than what is needed to reach a level to which a PC may have just leveled-up. For example, if a PC had 190K XP before this, and they attain the notoriety necessary to level up to level 16, they still have 190K XP even after the level 16 level-up. This is assuming that they didn't use any of that banked XP for enchantment forge enhancements or returning from the Fugue, or losing some in other ways.

...so some one who just lost 5 lvls could in theory if they never spent any XP get right back as long as they gained the necessary notoriety?

Yes, this is exactly correct.

A person might already even have that requirement to gain back much of what was lost, since if you already are at a faction ranking of 5 then any notoriety you've gained has just been piling up correct?

There have been additional notoriety levels added above even that required to reach the top faction ranks, and those are what must be reached to attain level 16+.
Edit: Right now there are people close to the new notoriety level who had notoriety maxed out for their PC in the previous system, but even they will need to work a little more to cross the threshold of the next notoriety level required for level 16.

[BigbysBackhand]

Nope you hit the nail on the head with all of them, Thank you.

[Bishop Edward]

Will ECL effect notoriety gain or just XP gain?

[Balanor]

Will ECL effect notoriety gain or just XP gain?

It will only affect XP gain.

[Animayhem]

Thanks for the clarification. This makes me happy that Daeris did not have the talons saved to burn through all of the excess xp :)

Likewise.

[Muse]

So, Jay is waiting to turn level 14. When this update was made, Jay was about 385 experience away from leveling up. I have not done anything to lose experience, and I have been on 2 outings, counted 5 roleplay experience awards, and done about 4 quests. What's the dealio?

[Animayhem]

Leveling now is not just points but also noteriety. You xp is being banked. Once you recieve proper noterirty then you will advance.

[DarkRanger]

That doesn't kick in until 15 though right?

[Bertram Anders]

5. Finally, the level cap on the server is being temporarily reduced to 15 for a short time to reset the number of high-level PCs, and then it will go back up to level 20, and those PCs that were affected by it can begin working to eventually regain their previous level (and beyond - if not already a level 20). ICly this is due to a magical enervation curse that is sweeping over Thay affecting high-level characters. There will be several more events in addition to any already held, related to this.
If you have a PC who is lowered to level 15, the amount of XP they currently have will still be saved in the new XP system. So that means you have a lot you can do as far as working at the enchantment forges (which have also just had their prices reduced), or you can preserve it and focus on RPing with others as the best way to get notoriety required to eventually get back to the level you were at.

Yes, not until 15.